🇷🇺🇯🇵⚡- The Japanese government is determined to conclude a peace treaty with Russia, despite the difficult situation in relations.

"The government will continue to adhere to the policy of resolving the issue of the ownership of the four northern islands [Kuril Islands] and concluding a peace treaty," - Blue Book, Japan's annual Foreign Ministry report.

🇰🇷⚡- South Korea to hold Presidential elections on the 3rd of June to replace impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

🇮🇱⚡- The judges have dismissed the court for a break.

🇮🇱⚡- The judges have decided that the hearing would be held without an audience.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- Confirmed: The US has deployed a second THAAD battery to Israel, meaning a third of the US THAAD system is located in Israel now.

In usual fashion, Israelis record the transport of the battery, showing why the country's an OPSEC leader.

🇵🇰⚡- Locals continue to attack Pakistani military outposts with stones in the Tirah Valley, disputed region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

🇵🇰⚡- Three Pakistani soldiers have been kidnapped in Dera Gazi Khan, Punjab Province, central Pakistan. Pakistani outlet, 'Daily Urdu', have accused Tahreek-e-Taliban, TTP, over the kidnapping.

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡- Two US C-5M military transport aircrafts have arrived at Diego Garcia, overseas UK territory. Both originated from Hill Air Force Base, Davis County, Utah.

🇺🇸🇪🇺⚡- "The US Department of Defense is considering the possibility of withdrawing up to 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe," - NBC.

🇰🇷🇰🇵⚡- South Korean army said 10 North Korean soldiers had crossed the DMZ border separating the countries and turned back after coming under fire.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Moscow supports direct negotiations between the US and Iran on the nuclear program and is a supporter of a diplomatic settlement," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman.

🇪🇺🇺🇸 - EU could postpone their answer to Trump's tariffs "at the beginning of next week".

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The battle for Gornal, Kursk region, has begun, with Russian troops entering the town from the northeast.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇨🇳⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky says 'another country [China] has joined' the war with Russia against Ukraine. Ukrainian army allegedly fought Chinese troops, capturing two of the soldiers.

Footage posted allegedly shows one of the captured Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "60% of the 159 people indicted for spying for China since 2020 are either current or retired military personnel," - Taiwan's National Security Bureau.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- "In the case of a US attack on Iran, Moscow would not be obligated to provide military assistance to Tehran," - Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Large-scale Israeli incursion along the Syria-Jordan border, Daraa region, southern Syria.